Thousands of Scots pensioners face a freezing winter with no heat due to “sky high” charges for pre-payment meters, campaigners have warned.
The “inevitable” disaster has led campaigners to demand the scrapping of standing charges for pre-paid gas and electric meters, which are used by the most vulnerable people.
It is believed that thousands of elderly people - among 470,000 Scots on such meters - are now effectively “off the grid” after running up standing charge bills they cannot afford to pay.
This means no gas or electricity will be supplied until the debt on the meter is cleared - which could mean finding £150 or so despite bills already surging.Standing charges went up by around 80 per cent in April, to around 50p a day for pre-payment meters.Mandy Morgan, CEO of the Scottish Pantry Network, has led calls for the abolition of standing charges - or she believes thousands of pensioners could freeze to death this winter.
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